How can I get more accurate results from gcov?

Question

I\'m experimenting with gcov using mingw gcc 4.4.0. I\'ve been getting some interesting but strange results. A common pattern is something like this...

Answer 1

As suggested in the comment by Mat, the option -fno-elide-constructors fixes this problem.

This answer was posted to get this already ancient question closed. If Mat posts an answer, I'll delete this and switch the accept to that.